With foreign workers long constituting a majority of the population in Qatar, snags in the labour market have often developed an international dimension to them. Nowadays too, the labour market is...
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Economic Update | Labouring On
22 Jul 2010
Economic Update | Risky Business
22 Jul 2010
Even the most enthusiastic of risk-takers wavers at the prospect of doing business in a war zone - and these days, Turkey is feeling this reluctance particularly keenly. Following the kidnapping and...
Economic Update | Basking in the Sun
22 Jul 2010
Executives in Turkey's tourism sector are likely to have a spring in their step these days. Figures from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for July have put the country on course for a record-...
Economic Update | Councils and Alliances
22 Jul 2010
News that Qatar is to have a new body to oversee the development of its IT sector was broadly welcomed by industry insiders this week, adding to other good news for the country's internet and...
Economic Update | Riding the Crest of Growth
22 Jul 2010
Turkish economists can afford a smile or two these days, particularly after last week's meeting of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave the country a qualified thumbs up...
Economic Update | Off Track
22 Jul 2010
Turkish rail authorities have endured a barrage of criticism over the past few days, after a high-speed train hurtled off its tracks last week, leaving 37 dead. Two further railway disasters then...
